The above statistics show that yes, obesity does exist amongst New Zealand children. However, the final two statistics are particularly intriguing as they indicate that childhood obesity in New Zealand is not the âepidemicâ it has been made out to be â obesity has not been âspreading rapidlyâ.
Bahrain (/bÉËËreÉªn/; Arabic: Ø§ÙØ¨Ø­Ø±ÙÙââ al-Baá¸¥rayn), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain (Arabic: ÙÙÙÙØ© Ø§ÙØ¨Ø­Ø±ÙÙââ Mamlakat al-Baá¸¥rayn), is a small Arab monarchy in the Persian Gulf.
Bahrain is the site of the ancient land of the Dilmun civilisation. Bahrain was one of the earliest areas to convert to Islam in 628 AD. Following a period of Arab rule, Bahrain was occupied by the Portuguese in 1521, who in turn were expelled in 1602 by Shah Abbas I of the Safavid dynasty under the Persian Empire.n 1783, Nasr Al-Madhkur, ruler of Bahrain and Bushire, lost the islands of Bahrain following his defeat by the Bani Utbah tribe at the 1782 Battle of Zubarah. Bahrain was not new territory to the Bani Utbah; they had been a presence there since the 17th century.